Legal Opinion

Butler v. Board of Com'rs of Delaware County

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided May 16, 1916No. 7585PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error from District Court, Delaware County; John H. Pitchford, Judge. Action by O. E. Butler against the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Delaware. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

MATHEWS. C.

This was an action to recover upon two accounts which plaintiff avers to be due him by Delaware comity for publishing certain legal notices in the Grove Sun, a weekly newspaper owned by him.

In defendant’s answer it was admitted that plaintiff performed the services as averred, and alleged that plaintiff and defendant had entered into a written contract wherein plaintiff had contracted to do the county printing in the Grove Sun for the year 1914 on a competitive basis and at a price materially less than the rate provided by law; that thereafter the defendant caused to be…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Board of County Commissioners v. SeawellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1895
  2. Mahr v. Board of County Com'rs of Pottawatomie CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  3. Board of Com'rs of Garfield County v. BebbSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
  4. County of Oklahoma v. BlakeneySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1897

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Board of Com'rs v. Enid Springs Sanitarium & HospitalSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
  2. Board of Com'rs of Garfield County v. AndersonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
  3. Western Paint & Chemical Co. v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
  4. Voss v. SmithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
  5. Jackson v. Board of Com'rs of Muskogee CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1928

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